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Ms. Sofia from Los Angeles, CA is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Professional development

To Be an Ally, We MUST Do the Work!

I need help creating a professional development lending library for my colleagues so that they have the opportunity to learn and grow as educators and allies to BIPOC and LGBTQ+ students

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My Students

My Students

Our grades 5-7 school, located in Hollywood CA, is diverse by design.

Students and staff members are all from different socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. We truly reflecting the beautiful patchwork of Los Angeles. When BLM protests happened last year, it happened in our backyard-figuratively and literally. Students described not being able to play in their yard because of the tear gas and they described the chaos and constant noise of sirens and helicopters. We had many difficult and painful conversations together, just trying to make sense of a world that seemed out of control.

It has been almost a year and a half since the protests over the killing of George Floyd. During the summer of 2020, myself and many of my colleagues on campus participated in workshops, attended lectures, and joined book clubs focusing on racial justice. We began the work of examining our own biases. While Social Justice and Social Emotional Learning is the lens through which all student learning happens in our classrooms, I believe that this work must continue so that we can be better educators-and better humans.

My Project

I would like to create a teacher lending library of professional books focused around the topics of Equity (BIPOC/LGBTQ+/Gender), Social Justice, and Culturally Responsive Teaching. I hope to have a dedicated time during weekly staff meetings for teachers to share what they are reading and make book recommendations to others. From this, I am sure we then will continue the work of how to best address social justice issues and equity on our campus.

Teachers are natural lifelong learners and it's important we model this learning to our students every day.

Therefore, this lending library will be kept in a high traffic area so that students see teachers and staff browsing the library and checking out books.

Ms. Sofia Larchmont Charter School - Selma Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

335 students impacted 15donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World (Language and Literacy Series) • Amazon Business $38.95 1 $38.95
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students • Amazon Business $33.26 1 $33.26
Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, Second Edition • Amazon Business $30.14 1 $30.14
Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Social Justice Talk: Strategies for Teaching Critical Awareness • Amazon Business $28.94 1 $28.94
Not Light, but Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom • Amazon Business $27.10 1 $27.10
The Civically Engaged Classroom: Reading, Writing, and Speaking for Change • Amazon Business $27.10 1 $27.10
The Educator's Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension • Amazon Business $24.16 1 $24.16
Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms • Amazon Business $23.94 1 $23.94
Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together • Amazon Business $21.80 1 $21.80
Teaching for Black Lives • Amazon Business $21.46 1 $21.46
Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom (BreakBeat Poets) • Amazon Business $16.49 1 $16.49
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning – Classroom Practices for Student Success, Grades K-12 (2nd Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
In All Lanes: Action Steps for New Leaders to Empower Black and Brown Students, Rethink School, and Transform Behavior • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School • Amazon Business $15.08 1 $15.08
How to Be an Antiracist (Random House Large Print) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools • Amazon Business $10.97 1 $10.97
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education (Race, Education, and Democracy) • Amazon Business $9.64 1 $9.64
So You Want to Talk About Race • Amazon Business $8.46 1 $8.46
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race • Amazon Business $7.77 1 $7.77

Materials cost

$487.16

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $44.58

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$569.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$100.42

Total project goal

$669.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $669.47

11 Donors

-$607.71

Donations toward project cost

-$526.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.16

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.76

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